Summer Research Opportunity-Vascular Surgery Summer Scholars Program 2027 (Triple I eligible!) (Based in Seattle)

Description – Ten week in person summer program aimed to expand medical student experience on the foundations of vascular surgery research and clinical care

Summer Dates: June 2027

Orientation: University of Washington Medical Center – Montlake

Presentation at Division conference: August 2027

Vascular Surgery Summer Scholars Program Graduation: August 2027

History – The inaugural class of Vascular Surgery Summer Scholars completed the program in August 2022 with great success. Their efforts have resulted in presentations at multiple national meetings in Vancouver, Hawaii, Miami, and Seattle and multiple published papers.

Objectives

  1. Research – to develop a foundation in the essentials of high quality vascular surgery research
  1. All students will be assigned a project under the mentorship of a vascular surgery faculty member with a goal of abstract creation at the completion of the summer experience
  2. Students will meet with their faculty mentor weekly on project progression
  1. Clinical Experience – students will be integrated into the busy clinical vascular surgery services which may include any of the following
  1. Vascular Surgery Department Conference (1 hour): Wednesday at 7am
  2. Vascular Surgery Resident and Fellow Education Session (1 hour): Wednesday at 8am
  3. Vascular Surgery Case Conference (Optional)
    1. HMC Pre-operative Conference (1 hour): Friday 9am
    2. UWMC Pre-operative Conference (1 hour): Thursday 4pm
  • UWMC Aortic Conference (1 hour): Thursday 5pm
  1. Shadowing with vascular faculty and residents, as possible
    1. Students will be assigned OR days during their summer block
    2. Students will be assigned half day of clinic sessions (AM or PM) during their block

*Please reach out to the chief of service at UWMC- Montlake or NW for arrival time

and meeting location

  1. Integrations into the Vascular Surgery Team
  1. Summer Scholars will integrated into the department
  2. Summer Scholars may be paired with a resident mentor pending schedule availability
  1. Environment
  1. The division of vascular surgery values a learning environment consistent with the University of Washington School of Medicine (https://education.uwmedicine.org/student-affairs/learning-environment) and has a zero tolerance policy for mistreatment of or by students, residents, faculty, and staff.

2027 Application – Please provide answers to the following questions (1 page maximum)

  1. Provide a brief explanation of your interest in the program and future career goals (500 words or less)
  2. Describe your previous statistical experience including any analytical programing (eg Stata, SPSS, R, or any other programing) and if you have experience with coding in that program. Please note this is not required, but assists with appropriate project assignment.

*The program is only available in-person in Seattle, WA.

Please email your application to szetterv@uw.edu and mcpsmith@uw.edu 

Application Due Date: December 1, 2026